Port Mapping and Supported Port Types - 2022.1 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Logic Simulation (UG900)

Document ID
UG900
Release Date
2022-04-21
Version
2022.1 English

The following table lists the supported port types.

Table 1. Supported Port Types
VHDL 1 Verilog/SV 2
IN INPUT
OUT OUTPUT
INOUT INOUT
  1. Buffer and linkage ports of VHDL are not supported.
  2. Connection to bi-directional pass switches in Verilog are not supported. Unnamed Verilog ports are not allowed on mixed design boundary.

The following table shows the supported VHDL and Verilog data types for ports on the mixed language design boundary.

Table 2. Supported VHDL and Verilog Data Types
VHDL Port Verilog Port
bit net
std_logic net
bit_vector vector net
signed vector net
unsigned vector net
std_ulogic_vector vector net
std_logic_vector vector net
Note: Verilog output port of type reg is supported on the mixed language boundary. On the boundary, an output reg port is treated as if it were an output net (wire) port. Any other type found on mixed language boundary is considered an error.
Note: The Vivado simulator supports the record element as an actual in the port map of a Verilog module that is instantiated in the mixed domain. All those types that are supported as VHDL port (listed in Table 2) are also supported as a record element.
Table 3. Supported SV and VHDL Data Types
SV Data type VHDL Data type
Int  
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
byte
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
shortint
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
longint
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
integer
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
vector of bit(1D)
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
vector of logic(1D)
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
vector of reg(1D)
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
logic/bit
  bit
  std_logic
  std_ulogic
  bit_vector
  std_logic_Vector
  std_ulogic_vector
  signed
  unsigned
Note: VHDL entity instantiating Verilog Module having real port is supported.